Using the 510 to record from outside source?

[Fgsilva]

Hi all,

So, the 510 only has RF input (one from the dish and one from cable/antenna). My question is, has anybody trying using an RF adaptor from a DVD player/VCR so that you can use the 510 to record from that source?


Thanks!

 

[Smith P.]

It was explain many times - no one DIsh PVR/DVR have ENCODING circuit !

 

[jsanders]

Ouch. Very poor grammar.

What he was trying to say is that the 510 doesn't have an MPEG-2 encoder in it. It just sends an analog RF signal as a pass through to your TV. If it is an RF signal, then it does one down conversion to IF first to make a composite output, but that is it. No digitizing, no encoding. The 510 only records a digital MPEG2 compressed signal. It can't record an analog signal.

 

[Fgsilva]

Ouch. Very poor grammar.

What he was trying to say is that the 510 doesn't have an MPEG-2 encoder in it. It just sends an analog RF signal as a pass through to your TV. If it is an RF signal, then it does one down conversion to IF first to make a composite output, but that is it. No digitizing, no encoding. The 510 only records a digital MPEG2 compressed signal. It can't record an analog signal.

Gotcha! Thank you both for the reply, although the answer wasn't what I wanted to hear! Oh well, I guess I may have to either get a DVR for my other sat system or get a DVD recorder.